1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 cup mashed ripe bananas (about 2)
1 cup sour cream
1 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 cup light brown sugar
1 large egg
1 tsp vanilla
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine banana and sour cream and set aside.
In a seperate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt, set aside.
In a third bowl, beat together butter, sugars, egg and vanilla on med-high until creamy.
Gradually add in flour and banana mixtures alternating and mixing thoroughly.
Spoon or pipe 1.5" circles of batter onto parchment lined cookie sheet and bake for 12-14 minutes or until the edges are barely golden brown.
Sprinkle sifted powdered sugar over the tops.
Frosting:
8 oz cream cheese
1 stick of butter
1 lb powdered suar (3 1/2 cups)
1 tsp vanilla or banana extract
Whip ingredients together and spoon or pipe a dollup of frosting between 2 cookies to create the whoopie pies.
Okay, honestly, I have never been a fan of whoopie pies. To me, the cookie part didn't have much taste, kind of like banana bread though, and they were not real sweet which is probably a good thing because the frosing in the center is very sweet. There is a good balance here though and they are small so they would be good to serve at a tea or shower. I think the flour could be decreased by a cup and next time I would probably use banana extract to give them more of a banana taste.
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